Tag: George Jones
The case against Directly-Elected Executive Mayors
In a speech in Manchester recently, Chancellor George Osborne spoke of a ‘revolution in the way we govern England’. As a result, the Queen’s Speech included a bill for a ‘radical new model of city government’, giving more control over policy areas such as housing, planning and transport to English cities. In return, these cities would […]
Book Review: At Power’s Elbow: Aides to the Prime Minister from Robert Walpole to David Cameron
Special Advisers and prime-ministerial aides have come to prominence increasingly over the last decade, with operatives like Alastair Campbell and Andy Coulson frequently making front-page news. But little is generally known about the role itself, what it entails, and how it has developed down the years. Catherine Haddon, in reviewing this new offering from Andrew Blick and George Jones, finds […]
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